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100 Christmas Carols (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook)

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I'm glad I took time to check the publisher's Web site, because I discovered that of the 100 titles included in this book, there are over 50 I've never heard of. To save you that step, I've done a copy/paste of the complete song list I found there, so you can see for yourself how many "old friends" and how many "strangers" you'd be getting if you were to order this book.

A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
Angels From Heaven
Angels From The Realms Of Glory
Angels We Have Heard On High
As Each Happy Christmas
As Lately We Watched
As With Gladness Men Of Old
Away In A Manger
The Baby In The Cradle
Bells Over Bethlehem
Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand
The Boar's Head Carol
A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem
Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light
Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Carol Of The Birds
Child Jesus Came To Earth This Day
Christ Is Born This Evening
Christ Was Born On Christmas Day
Christians, Awake! Salute The Happy Morn
The Christmas Tree With Its Candles Gleaming
Come, All Ye Shepherds
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Coventry Carol
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
A Day, Bright Day Of Glory
Deck The Hall
Ding Dong! Merrily On High!
The First Noel
The Friendly Beasts
From Heaven Above To Earth I Come
Fum, Fum, Fum
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
The Happy Christmas Comes Once More
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
He Is Born, The Holy Child (Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant)
Here We Come A-Wassailing
The Holly And The Ivy
I Am So Glad On Christmas Eve
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
I Saw Three Ships
In The Field With Their Flocks Abiding
In The Silence Of The Night
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Jesus Holy, Born So Lowly
Joy To The World
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Masters In This Hall
Neighbor, What Has You So Excited?
Noel! Noel!
O Bethlehem
O Christmas Tree
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
O Come Away, Ye Shepherds
O Come, Little Children
O Come Rejoicing
O Come, O Come Immanuel
O Holy Night
O Let Us All Be Glad Today
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
O Sanctissima
Of The Father's Love Begotten
On Christmas Night
Once In Royal David's City
Pat-A-Pan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum)
Rejoice And Be Merry
Ring Out, Ye Wild And Merry Bells
Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow
Shepherds' Cradle Song
Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
Shout The Glad Tidings
Silent Night
The Simple Birth
Sing, O Sing, This Blessed Morn
Sing We Now Of Christmas
Sleep, Holy Babe
Sleep, O Sleep, My Lovely Child
The Snow Lay On The Ground
The Star Of Christmas Morning
Star Of The East
Still, Still, Still
There's A Song In The Air
Toyland
'Twas The Night Before Christmas
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
A Virgin Unspotted
Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Wexford Carol
What Child Is This?
When Christ Was Born Of Mary Free
When Christmas Morn Is Dawning
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Winds Through The Olive Trees

This book has a fantastic selection of Christian Christmas music! Our hymnal has lots of great songs, but there are so many good ones that they can't include them all. This book puts many popular songs together in one place. Not all the songs are Christian... Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Toyland, etc., but most are. They're easy for most adults pianists to sight-read which is a plus. Guitar chords are included and the layout of the font, etc. is great. I'm a church organist and many times people have thought that of course I would have the music to O Holy Night... or The Twelve Days of Christmas, etc. Now I can have many of the popular Christmas songs on hand. I highly recommend this book!

If you've pictured yourself in a Victorian Christmas setting with people gathered around the piano, this is a nice book for that. The book opens flat so it stays on the stand. It's true that there are some unfamiliar songs, but it could be a good opportunity to learn new and more obscure carols in addition to the well-loved favorites.

I was looking for the "perfect" Christmas songbook just so I could play some nice Christmas music when I was in the mood. I will say up front, that I am probably an intermediate player and am not ready for the advanced music that is often written for piano solos. I looked through so many books, ultimately going with this song book even though you couldn't "look inside." I should have never bought it without seeing it first. The arrangements are quite easy, but I would call them simple- because there is no flow. If you like playing music like from a hymnal, then save yourself some money, and get an old hymnal from your church. Also, another buyer commented on the fact that a lot of these songs you will have never heard of. That too is true. This book would probably be fine if you are just gathering around to sing carols. But I sure wouldn't want to play these arrangements in public, or if you do, you will need a lot of fill in.